Precious metal recycling for circular value
Heimerle + Meule processes precious metal-bearing materials from jewellery, dental, commercial, and industrial applications. Consultation, logistics, sampling, processing, in-house analysis, settlement, metal accounts, and precious metal management connect each stage of the recycling process.
Recycling routes for diverse material streams
Material assessment and in-house analysis
Logistics concepts for secure material handling
Flexible settlement of recovered precious metals
Recycling services for precious metal-bearing materials and industrial residues
Precious metal-bearing materials differ in composition, form, value, handling requirements, and suitable processing route. Heimerle + Meule combines recycling and refining for jewellery, dental, commercial, and industrial materials with consultation, logistics, sampling, processing, in-house analysis, settlement, and precious metal management. Material-specific assessment determines the appropriate route for each delivery and connects recovered metals with further use.
An integrated precious metal recycling process
Heimerle + Meule links consultation, logistics, homogenization, sampling, processing, analytical evaluation, settlement, and precious metal management. The specific sequence depends on the delivered material. Each stage contributes to a documented route from the receipt of precious metal-bearing materials to the agreed form of settlement.
Material assessment
Material type, composition, sorting, value, and handling requirements influence the appropriate processing route.
Secure material logistics
Suitable collection containers, shipping support, and logistics concepts simplify material collection and transport.
Sampling and analysis
Homogenization, representative sampling, and in-house laboratory analysis provide the basis for material settlement.
Recovery and settlement
Recovered precious metals can be credited, purchased, returned as products, or paid out through the agreed route.
A unified process for recycling precious metals
Heimerle + Meule links consultation, logistics, homogenization, sampling, processing, analytical evaluation, settlement, and precious metal management. The specific sequence depends on the delivered material. Each stage contributes to a documented route from the receipt of precious metal-bearing materials to the agreed form of settlement.
Consultation and assessment
Collection and logistics
Heimerle + Meule develops suitable logistics concepts, supports dispatch processing, and provides documented collection options such as containers, boxes, drums, and bulk bags. The appropriate solution depends on the material type, quantity, packaging requirements, and agreed transport route.
Processing and analysis
Settlement and metal management
Recovered precious metals can be credited to a metal account, purchased by Heimerle + Meule, returned in an agreed precious metal product form, or paid out. The available settlement route depends on the material, processing result, contractual arrangement, and customer requirements.
Precious metal-bearing material streams
Recycling requirements differ between high-grade precious metal materials and complex industrial residues. Documented material streams include jewellery and watchmaking residues, dental materials, precious metal objects, production scrap, electroplating residues, electronic scrap, catalysts, thin-film materials, and other specialized industrial materials.
Jewellery and watchmaking
Gold and silver jewellery, workshop residues, production scrap, skimmings, and other precious metal-bearing materials can be assessed.
Dental materials
Dental gold alloys and other precious metal-bearing dental residues can be submitted for analysis, processing, and settlement.
Industrial production
Stamping and strip scrap, machining residues, coated materials, and other production waste can contain recoverable precious metals.
Electroplating residues
Precious metal baths, process solutions, filters, resins, slurries, and drag-out materials require specific processing routes.
Electronics and catalysts
Electronic scrap, components, circuit boards, processors, sensors, ceramic waste, and industrial catalysts may contain precious metals.
Recycling services from receipt to settlement
Different material streams require different logistics, sampling methods, processing steps, and analytical procedures. Heimerle + Meule connects these requirements through consultation, material assessment, collection support, processing, in-house analysis, precious metal recovery, settlement, and metal management.
Material consultation
Specialists assess precious metal-bearing materials and define the appropriate route before processing begins.
Customized logistics
Collection containers, shipping support, and suitable transport concepts simplify secure material handling.
Sampling and preparation
Material-specific preparation, homogenization, and representative sampling support reliable analytical evaluation.
In-house laboratory analysis
Own laboratories analyze delivered materials and determine the precious metal content used for settlement.
Flexible metal settlement
Recovered metals can be credited, purchased, returned in an agreed product form, or settled by payment.
Analysis and recycling
Analytical services support process monitoring, while recycling addresses suitable precious metal-bearing residues.
Find the right recycling route
Continue with the recycling area that matches your material. Precious metal recycling addresses high-grade materials from jewellery, dental, commercial, and related applications. Industrial recycling focuses on complex production residues, electronic materials, process waste, catalysts, and other industrial material streams.
Returning recovered metals to use
Recycling does not end with recovery. Recovered precious metals can be credited to a metal account, purchased by Heimerle + Meule, returned as fine metal or an agreed precious metal product, or paid out. Precious metal trading and management connect the settlement result with the customer’s next material requirement.
Why recycling customers choose us
Founded in 1845, Heimerle + Meule combines 180+ years of precious metal expertise with material consultation, logistics, processing, in-house analysis, refining, industrial recycling, settlement, trading, and metal management. The connected portfolio supports material-specific routes from collection to the agreed return of value.
180+ years of expertise
Precious metal refining has been a core area of expertise for Heimerle + Meule since its foundation in 1845.
Diverse material expertise
Documented recycling routes cover high-grade precious metal materials and complex industrial residues.
Integrated recycling process
Consultation, logistics, sampling, processing, analysis, settlement, and metal management connect each stage.
In-house analysis
Application technology specialists support product-specific requirements for chemicals and electroplating equipment.
Flexible settlement routes
Recovered metals can be credited, purchased, returned in an agreed form, or settled through payment.
Frequently asked questions about precious metal recycling
The following answers provide an overview of recyclable material streams, assessment, logistics, processing, analysis, precious metal recovery, and settlement. Acceptance, packaging, transport, processing, costs, and settlement depend on the material, composition, quantity, origin, and agreed recycling route.
Documented materials include gold and silver jewellery, coins, dental gold alloys, platinum and palladium residues, silverware, skimmings, silver-plated cutlery, pewter, workshop residues, and other precious metal-bearing materials.
Relevant streams include stamping and strip scrap, electroplating residues, process solutions, organic and ceramic waste, electronic scrap, industrial catalysts, photovoltaic materials, and residues from specialized industrial technologies.
Specialists assess the material, composition, sorting, form, handling requirements, and expected processing route. The available information is used to define suitable logistics, processing, analysis, and settlement arrangements.
Yes. Documented services include suitable logistics concepts, support with dispatch processing, collection containers, boxes, drums, bulk bags, and collection or transport arrangements for applicable materials.
Depending on the submitted material, processing can include preparation, homogenization, and representative sampling. Heimerle + Meule then analyzes the material in its own laboratories.
Depending on the agreed route, recovered precious metals can be credited to a metal account, purchased by Heimerle + Meule, returned as fine metal or precious metal products, or paid out.
Suitable materials include precious metal-bearing baths, process solutions, filters, resins, slurries, and other electroplating residues. The required route depends on the material and its composition.
Not necessarily. High-grade precious metal materials and complex industrial residues can require different logistics, preparation, sampling, analysis, and processing routes. The appropriate route is determined for the submitted material.
Discuss your precious metal recycling needs with our specialists
Contact Heimerle + Meule to discuss precious metal-bearing jewellery, dental materials, commercial valuables, production scrap, electroplating residues, electronic materials, catalysts, logistics, analysis, processing, settlement or metal management.